News and Media Title Filter by type Filter By Published Date From To Media release First term of the Western Cape Commissioner for Children: Five years of learning, challenges, and innovation. As Christina Nomdo's five-year term as the first Western Cape Commissioner for Children concludes, it's an opportune time to reflect on the... Read more Media release Western Cape Commissioner for Children and her Child Government Monitors campaign for an inclusive process in appointing new Children's Commissioner As the term of the current Western Cape Children's Commissioner, Christina Nomdo ends, the Child Government Monitors (CGMs) in the Office... Read more Economy and financial matters Western Cape Commissioner for Children welcomes budgetary allocations to strengthen the social sector The Western Cape Commissioner for Children (WCCC) and her Child Government Monitors (CGMs) have welcomed the budgetary allocations made by... Read more Media release Western Cape Commissioner for Children encourages all to support the nomination of a new Children's Commissioner The Western Cape Commissioner for Children, Christina Nomdo, has formally requested Parliament to initiate the process to appoint a new... Read more Economy and financial matters Western Cape Commissioner for Children Child Government Monitors speak on the 2024 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) ahead of National Children’s Day The Western Cape Commissioner for Children and her Child Government Monitors (CGMs) have once again assessed whether the 2024 Medium-Term... Read more Media release Western Cape Commissioner for Children to Host Community Child Rights Feedback Workshops in Beaufort West, Prince Albert, and Murraysburg Areas from 26-30 August 2024 The Western Cape Commissioner for Children (WCCC) will be conducting Community Child Rights feedback workshops in the Beaufort West, Prince... Read more Economy and financial matters Western Cape Commissioner for Children Child Government Monitors engages the National Treasury on a child-centered and child-friendly budget Between the 24th and 28th June 2024, the Western Cape Commissioner for Children (WCCC) is implementing a week-long workshop for Child... Read more Social assistance Western Cape Commissioner for Children releases findings of a comprehensive study into the Alternative Care system in the Western Cape The Western Cape Commissioner for Children (WCCC) has released the findings of a comprehensive study into the Alternative Care system in the... Read more Education Advisor to the Western Cape Commissioner for Children selected as a chair of the Africa Children’s Summit (ACS) 2024 South Africa Tara Hendricks, a 15-year-old advisor to the Western Cape Commissioner for Children, will represent WCCC and chair the Africa Children’s... Read more Economy and financial matters Western Cape Commissioner for Children calls for the prioritisation of children in National public budgeting processes. As the nation eagerly anticipates Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's delivery of the Budget Speech on Wednesday, the Western Cape... Read more Event Child Government Monitors Report The release of the Child Government Monitors Report was a huge moment for the Children's Commissioner. The report documents months of... Read more News Children Commissioner's Chronicles Issue 2 The newsletter is now, for the first time, available in English, Afrikaans, and IsiXhosa, the three official provincial languages. The... Read more News Children are eager to have a say in government budget decisions The CGMs decided to get involved in the Division of Revenue Amendment (DORA) Bill. The DORA Bill determines how much of the national revenue... Read more News Children speak on the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) ahead of National Children’s Day. The MTBPS is not child-friendly nor child-centred, yet affects the children’s fundamental lived realities. Furthermore, children are not... Read more News Three Western Cape child human rights defenders address the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, Switzerland on the lived realities of children in South Africa. Three child human rights defenders from the Western Cape have been given the opportunity to address the United Nations Committee on the... Read more Load More
